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Michael Hicks: Lasting effects of the KKK in Indiana

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The Indiana KKK was so active that it had its own proper name: the Mystic Tie and Paradise Klan. The Klan had a long-term effect on the Jewish, Catholic and African American population. A single Klavern in a county reduced the average number of Catholics by 6%.

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Michael Hicks: Lasting effects of the KKK in Indiana

Last autumn I read Timothy Egan’s masterpiece, “Fever in the Heartland,” which covers the abrupt rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. It sent me down a research pathway that uncovered ill effects of the KKK on the population and demographics that still plague parts of Indiana. I expected this book to be a difficult, maybe even painful, read. I could not have been more mistaken. It was as delightful book as I have read in years. “Fever i…

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